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Hi Sal!
it’s steph from the dashing eccentric here. i read with interest your recent re-broadcast of layering tips, including your remarks on the ‘dreaded tights droop’. my fave grey wool blend tights are extraordinarily long in the tooth, and as a result in the crotch as well….
last week i had an idea. i wore (from inside out) some wispy lace panties (cotton crotch), my lovely holy tights, and a snug pair of boyshort cotton panties. voila!!! those tights stayed exactly where i wanted ‘em to all day long. the lace knickers and the grey tights both have ‘waistbands in name only’ (very loose) and the boy shorts are snug but not tight (no elastic around the legs, either), so i avoided the ‘segmented worm syndrome’. depending on a person’s tastes, they could skip the inner layer altogether and/or cut the waistband off of their tights or hose in order to reduce constriction.
Hope this helps! it worked even better than i expected, so i figure other people out there might want to give this a try! Have a great week! steph